This paper details the day to day curriculum of an e-mail-based English class at Central Arizona College. The intent of the class--a Hybrid Electronic Course (HEC)--was to expose the students to both independent research and writing, while also giving them opportunities for traditional classroom meetings. An entire semester was compressed into…

This brief paper summarizes the current literature concerning youth aggression and violence especially risk, resilience, and prevention. It summarizes risk factors for aggression and violence including child characteristics (e.g., hyperactivity, risk-taking, emotional disturbance), home conditions (e.g., harsh and ineffective parental discipline,…

The National Staff Development Committee of the Vocational Education and Training Sector in Australia is promoting action learning as a preferred professional development strategy to support the implementation of key competencies. Action learning was piloted across five training areas within the Department of Employment, Training, and Further…

This report describes achievements of the Accelerated School Project, a cooperative effort between two Florida school districts and the Florida A&M University to provide intensive educational services to at risk elementary students. The accelerated school approach focuses on transforming the entire school to produce high academic achievement…

This study evaluated the effectiveness of the Community Awareness Motivation Partnership (C.A.M.P.) theater program, a one-hour sex education program for adolescents. Four hundred and twenty adolescents between the ages of 13 and 19 participated in a repeated measures pre/post test design study. The majority of this sample is Latino. Results…

The School, Family, and Community Partnership Program is an integrated, school-based intervention for improving the outcomes of students served in classrooms for children who have emotional and behavioral disabilities. This report briefly describes the intervention, the characteristics of the children, and initial results of measuring fidelity to…

This comprehensive study explores the chronological and geographical expansion of the assessment of adult and experiential learning--known as AP(E)L--around the world. The authors describe and compare initiatives in their own countries and their effectiveness at the levels of government, educational institutions, and employment. They highlight…

This publication summarizes information gained through the 1998 national survey of the Australian Training and Further Education (TAFE) system gathered through a questionnaire sent to almost 121,000 graduates, with a response from 66,500 graduates. Information is provided about TAFE students who completed their courses during 1997 and graduated…

This paper describes the evolution through three stages of a virtual distance learning training package used to train faculty in the skills and strategies needed to address distance learner needs. In 1996 two traditional face-to-face training programs on the use of compressed video equipment were delivered to 43 faculty. Interviews of participants…

This action research project implemented and evaluated a curriculum designed to help students with varying degrees of emotional intelligence improve their social adeptness. The targeted population consisted of sixth-grade students in a large urban setting in central Illinois. The students' levels of social ineptness were determined and documented…

This paper introduces an integrated teacher education model based on the Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound Project model. It integrates early childhood, elementary, and special education and uses inquiry-oriented and social constructive approaches. It models a team approach, with all teachers unified in their mutually shared philosophy of…

In this paper presented by the Council on Ontario Universities, quality indicators are considered in light of their relationship to the challenges Ontario's universities expect to face in the next decade. These challenges include a surge in enrollment; the need for new, first-rate faculty; and Ontario's potential role in leading innovation and…

NAEP is a congressionally mandated project of the National Center for Education Statistics within the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education. The Commissioner of Education Statistics is responsible, by law, for carrying out the NAEP project through competitive awards to qualified organizations. The National Assessment…

This study examined the effectiveness of the Women's Resources Assistance Program (WRAP), a support service for African American females attending a historically black college or university (HBCU). The study included 230 participants. The purpose of the study was to gauge, through the use of surveys, each participant's knowledge and level of…

Assessed the effectiveness of an Equal Opportunity Program in meeting disadvantaged students' (N=170) financial, social, counseling, and staff needs. Results indicated a need for improved personal counseling services. Results in other areas were nonsignificant. Colleges must give special attention to adequate EOP staffing to provide counseling…